…in cattle, cattle feeding, hogs and other like type lines, are maintaining, or at least not experiencing as large a drop in net worth. Farming and ranching: The farmland and…
Oroville Dam: Evacuation Order Disrupts Farming in Affected Area
…Steve Lambert, who lives in Oroville, said most cattle in his region are in the foothills this time of year and out of danger. Lambert resides north of Thermalito Afterbay…
Ag Groups Respond to Pruitt Confirmation
…someone at EPA who understands how farmers and ranchers care for our nation’s natural resources each and every day.” Craig Uden, president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says “For…
Seneca Valley Virus Disease Reports Increasing
…SVV have been detected in small populations of swine, cattle, and wild mice in the United States. Specially, SVV has been reported in South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, North Carolina, New…
USDA Seeks Nominators to Cattlemen’s Beef Board
…type of members represented (i.e., beef or cattle importers, etc.); annual import volume in pounds of beef and beef products and/or the number of head of cattle; the stability and…
Hungry Americans Benefit from Farm Bureau Donations
…for those who need it the most,” said Kalena Bruce, a cattle farmer from Missouri who chairs AFBF’s national YF&R committee. “More than 50 percent of Americans struggling with hunger…
Cargill Plans to Expand and Upgrade Canada Beef Processing Plant
Cargill plans to spend $2.7 million to expand and upgrade an Ontario, Canada processing facility that handles 1,500 head of cattle per day. The Ontario government will supplement part of…
Foot and Mouth Disease Concerns Growing in South Korea
…also announced plans to vaccinate all cattle in the nation against FMD. The first confirmed FMD case in South Korea in more than a year was confirmed last week, and…
A “Huge Victory:” Cattlemen Hail U.S. House Passage of Resolution to Repeal BLM’s Planning 2.0 Rule
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the Public Lands Council (PLC) today hailed U.S. House passage of a resolution that would repeal the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Planning…
Net Farm Income Expected to Dip further in 2017
…receipts are forecast to remain largely unchanged, with large offsetting changes in dairy receipts—up by $4.7 billion, or 13.7 percent, based on forecast higher prices—and cattle/calf receipts, which are forecast…
U.S. Cattlemen’s Association Supporting Zinke as Secretary of Interior
Zinke The United States Cattlemen’s Association Tuesday announced its support for Congressman Ryan Zinke, the nominee by President Donald Trump to the Secretary of Interior position. The Senate Energy and…
Ag Producers’ Confidence Surges During January
…commodity prices. Prices for key commodities, including soybeans, cattle and hogs, were increasing during much of the fall. For example, from mid-October to mid-January futures prices for CME February lean…
Trump Urged To Start Trade Talks With Japan
Ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s state visit here, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the National Pork Producers Council urged President Trump to begin negotiations on a free…
Agri View: Robot Farming
…farm such land? But look what they are doing in Australia. They are building a robot that herds cattle. It is to be used in the Outback country where it…